Unfolding Color - Simon Hantaï
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180 pages, 9.5 × 11 in. Hardcover, 160 Abbildungen, 28 x 24 cm, Hardcover
ISBN: 978-3-7774-4703-2
The painter Simon Hantaï (1922–2008) turned
chance into a tool. His prominent role within
post-war international abstraction is linked to his
innovative technique of working on folded canvas
with luminous colour. Presenting numerous works
produced across four decades, this multifaceted
volume pays tribute to a fascinating figure of the
Parisian avant-garde.
An encounter with Simon Hantaï is always rewarding,
as he created an oeuvre that resembles a pyrotech
nic display of colour and form. Based in Paris, he
became influenced by Art Informel and the work of
Jackson Pollock in the 1950s. A radically experimen
tal search for new modes of expression was central
to his oeuvre, and beginning in 1960 he developed
the pliage technique, with intensely coloured
patterns generated through the chance act of
folding. This defined his work and continues to
captivate an international audience today.
Artists
Simon Hantaï
Edited by
Daniel Zamani (Hrsg.) (ISNI: 0000000514938427)
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